ARL to retire SPEC survey program in November - August 24, 2018
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced that the SPEC survey program will end with the publication of SPEC Kit 361 in November. Going forward, ARL is developing new ways to design and implement pilot projects to test new measures, and record and distribute case… Read More
ConTech 2018 and DataBeers announce new collaboration - August 22, 2018
ConTech 2018 has announced that the next DataBeers London event will be taking place this November in partnership with the conference. DataBeers is a global not-for-profit initiative (currently in 18 cities), that brings data scientists and data enthusiasts from industry, government, academia and the arts to… Read More
SSP New Directions Seminar expanded for 2018 - August 22, 2018
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) New Directions Seminar has been expanded for 2018. Through speaker presentations, panel sessions, roundtables, and a lively debate session, SSP will explore new ways in which publishers are combining new strategies, new technology, and new approaches to their communities to… Read More
Registrations now open for 2019 LibQUAL+ survey - August 21, 2018
The Association of Research Libraries is inviting libraries to join the global assessment community of LibQUAL+® by registering for the 2019 LibQUAL+ survey. LibQUAL+ is a tool that libraries use to solicit, track, understand, and act upon users' opinions of service quality. The protocol is… Read More
ConTech 2018 announces opening keynote speaker, Andrew Burgess to open the conference with ‘Starting Your AI Journey’ - August 16, 2018
The ConTech team has announced their opening keynote speaker for 2018. As ConTech starts its journey in November Andrew Burgess, a management consultant, author and speaker with over 25 years' experience, will open the conference with "Starting Your AI Journey". Andrew takes a pragmatic and hype-free… Read More
Universities from the United States dominate ARWU 2018 Top 500 list - August 15, 2018
The 2018 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) has been released by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy. Since 2003, every year ARWU has been presenting the world’s Top 500 universities based on Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index data from Clarivate Analytics, as well as data… Read More
